Randomized hotspot strategy is effective in countering bush meat poaching by snaring

16th December, 2020

Biological conservation

 

 

 

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Henk Harmsen a,* , Virginia W. Wang’ondu b , Judith S. Mbau c , Nzioka J. Muthama a

 

Abstract

Bushmeat poaching using snares is a widespread problem in African and Asian protected areas. Snares are hard to detect, and desnaring is resource-intensive. Research into this form of poaching has thus far concentrated on the identification of spatial snaring patterns and association of these patterns with selected variables. However, no research to date has examined and compared desnaring strategies. We developed and tested a predictive map to assess the likelihood of snaring in a Kenyan World Heritage site, based on 147 km of desnaring transects.

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